Baytown Faces Severe Winter Weather After Cold Front
Baytown braces for the season’s first major winter blast as temperatures plunge across the region. Forecasters predict 0 to 34 degrees by early Tuesday morning with widespread freezing. winds and potential freezing rain threaten travel and safety.
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Eather
Baytown
U.S
Chesker Rogers
Wla.m
United Press
Texas
Palar
Panhandle
Tomer
South
U. S
Wichita Falls
Bel Fort Worth
Anhandie
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pss
del Rio-Eagle Pass
East Eres
Eno
East Texas
Fragmented town notes and personal glimpses in 1887 era
A mosaic of brief scenes and names including Christine McLemore, Wallace cousin, Rev Milton Jordan Knight, Russell Venn, Dee Stan Plirey and Baytown ties. It sketches social life with milder events, gatherings, and local character vignettes amid a downtown setting and Christmas shopping hints.
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Rse Bolles
Bo San
Joe Sk
Christine McLemore
Wallace Cosin
Franta
Bor
Methodists
Milton Jordan Knight
Lawrence Miline
Rcy
Russell Venn
Tie
Baytown
Dee Stan Plirey
W. Grantham
Webber Greer
Erhardt
Final Respects Paid To Harry K. Johnson
East Harris County paid last respects to Harry K. Johnson Sr. at Trinity Episcopal Church after funeral services. Born 1863 in Louisville and a veteran industrialist, he built seven electric railway lines including the Houston Baytown interurban later sold to Missouri Pacific. Survivors include son Harry K. Johnson Jr and daughter Mrs Tom Slack, with burial at Forest Park Cemetery Houston.
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Harris County
Harry K. Johnson
Trinity Episcopal Church
Houston
Highlands
Louisville
Feag Nfe
South
Southwest
Baytown
Missouri Pacific Lines
Johnson
Johnsons
New Orleans
Monroe
Louisiana
Southland
Ada McGeehee Smith
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Forest Park Cemetery
Rescue of Angus Ward and party from Communist captivity
Angus Ward age 36 and 18 others from the Mukden consulate were released from 12 months of captivity in China and boarded the Lakeland Victory at Teku Bar in Chibli Gulf. Ward described his experience as hellish after a tense hourlong wrangle with Communist guards over a release certificate.
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Lakeland Victory
Bec
Angus Ward
Mukden
Ward
Afukden
To Teku Bar
Chibli- Gulf
Tientsin
Philip Manhard
Los Angeles
Manhard
Lakeland
Ward Finelly
Angus Wars
Highlands Youths Hurt In Car Crash On Airhart Drive
Three Highlands youths aged 17 were injured when their car overturned after crossing the Southern Pacific tracks on Airhart Drive. Driver Elza Courvelle Jr. lost control, the vehicle left the pavement and overturned. Paul A. Lee Ambulance transported all three to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Heytown
Highlands
Airhart
Southern Pacific Railroad
Elza Courvelle, Jr
Raymon Clemmons
Bill Jones
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Paul A. Lee
Courvelle
Atomic General Seeks Senate Seat in 1950
Retired Lieutenant General Leslie Groves plans to run for the U S Senate against Brien McMahon in Connecticut in 1950. The race could center on management of the atomic program and recalls the 1948 shift of the A bomb project to civilian control. The article also notes broader implications across states including Iowa where Hickenlooper faces reelection and Lilienthal criticism resurfaces.
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Washington
ICP
Leslie FR. Joves
Army
Manhattan
Senate
Brien Mc Mahon
Connecticut
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Groves
Mc- Mahon
McMahon
Dan
Army Command
Groves-McMahon
Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Civilian Atomic Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Senate-House
Lilienthal
William Y W. Waymack
Atomic Commission
Des Moines
Common Sense In Government Urged By Hobby and Ahlgren
A housewife, Mrs Wesley Ahlgren of Brockton Massachusetts, and Oveta Culp Hobby, former wartime WAC commander and now executive vice president, urged government use of common sense and economy at the opening of a two day National Reorganization conference. The event, sponsored by the citizens committee for the Hoover report, featured Hobby praising the Hoover Commission and calling for reforms.
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Common Sense
Oveta Culp Hobby
Hoover Commission
James C. Austin
United Press
Washington
CRI
Wesley
Ahlgren
Brockton
Massachusetts
Citizens Committee
Hobby
Women's Army Corps
Goodfellows Fund Reaches 237 With 287 Collected This Day
Baytown Goodfellows report 237 dollars raised with 287 total today for needy youngsters. Pioneers and organizations like Epsilon Sigma Alpha and PEO Sisterhood contribute, including anonymous donors and local union Machinists No. 1051. Chief notes volunteers expect to help over 500 children and thanks supporters despite early doubts.
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B. Skaggs
George Middleton
Beverly Sue Ho
Humble Pioneer Club
Rob, Sisson
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Goodfellow
Santa Claus
Baytown
Goodfellows
Hoover Commission praised for disclosing federal excesses
Olin Miller in The Houston Post lauds the Hoover Commission for exposing excesses and deficiencies in federal government without partisanship. Speakers, including Mrs Ahlgren and Mrs Hobby, call for applying businesslike efficiency to the Post Office, finance, and civilian personnel as Former President Hoover addresses the crowd.
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The
Houston Post
Hoover Commission
Ahlgren
Herbert. Hoover
United States
Citizens Committee
Post
Hobby
Supreme Court Backs 1949 Rent Control Law
The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the 1949 rent control law in a brief order. The ruling leaves the statute in effect until June 30, despite lower courts' opposition and challenges over the local option provision. The Shoreline case centered on tenancy evictions and stockholder occupancy, with related appeals in Chicago and Los Angeles.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Chicago
Elwyn R. Shaw
Leon R. Yankwich
Los Angeles
Supreme Courts
Tighe B. Woods
Shoreline Cooperative Apartments, Incorporated
Shoreline
Congress
Shaw
Gan Stefan
Stefan
Famed Pittsburgh Editor Is Dead
Edward To Leech editor of the Pittsburgh Press and senior editor for Scripps-Howard papers died in Mercy Hospital after a brief illness at 51. A noted newspaperman known for forthright editorials, he began as a Denver cub reporter and rose to editor and president of the Pittsburgh paper. Funeral services will be private at Laughlin Funeral Home with burial in Mount Lebanon Cemetery. Survivors include his widow Rose Rosche of Denver.
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Pittsburgh
Edward To Leech
Pittsburgh Press
Scripps-Howard
Mercy Hospital
Leech
Denver
Colorado
Laughlin Funeral Home
Mount Lebanon
Pennsylvania
American Cancer Society
Rose Rosche
Pitesburgh
Weekend Of Tragedy In Texas Death Toll Reaches 24
United Press report details a violent rainy weekend across Texas with at least 16 deaths on highways and numerous other fatalities. The tally includes accidents near Maud, Fort Worth, Mineral Wells, Waco, Lubbock, and Lometa, plus a fatal plane crash near Brownwood and a pedestrian killed in Arlington. Names and places like New Boston, Maud, Fort Worth, Mineral Wells, Waco, Lometa, Arlington, and Galveston appear among the casualties and locations. The weekend left residents grappling with slick roads, fog, and multiple fatal crashes across the state.
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United Press
James Tutt
New Boston
Dee
Stanton
Maud
Bowie
P.M. Hutchins
Lubbock
Sun- Gay
George Griffith
Brownwood
Lometa
Dallas
Lowell E. Gardner
Tiasca
Arlington
Frank W. McGregor
Badie-Klovinski
Houston
Galveston
D. C
Houston Bus Strike Threatens Christmas Shoppers
Houston union leaders warn a citywide bus strike could disrupt thousands of Christmas shoppers by week end. Clayton G. Stone of the Transport Workers Union cites a dispute over a $5 monthly safe driving bonus in the new wage contract. The driver stayout would follow a likely Thursday meeting as talks stall without bonus terms.
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Houston
CIO
Houston Transit Company
Clayton G. Stone
Focal 230
Transport Workers of America
Stone
L. M. Coatés
Jay Houston Transit Company
Coats
Brion
New Houston
Pope Hopes For New Era as Holy Year Opens
Pope Pius XII voiced hope that the 1950 Holy Year would usher in a new era of justice holiness and happiness. At a Vatican consistory 35 cardinals heard him call for renewal among schismatics and dissidents as three papal legates would open holy doors in Rome on Christmas Eve.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican Palace
Rome
St. Peters Bascilica
Jesus Christ
Eugenio Cardinal
Tisserant
St Paul's
Clemente Cardinal
Micara
St John
The
Lateran
Allesandro
Verde
St. Mary -Major
Judge Resets Slaying Case to January Sixteen
Belton dispatch reports Judge We Bales Rice granted a continuance in the Sam Smithwick case, a former Jim Wells County Deputy charged in Billy Mas’s pistol slaying in Alice. The delay hinges on witness Sainz after a July test. new jury panel will be chosen January 16.
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Sainnz
Smithwick
Mason
Sainz
Nhi
Avelina
Jay
Otea ¢ i District Court
Nanon
Cen
Faa Sacs
J Beer
Jim Felts
Cvente
Smithnrick
Soviet Propaganda Flooding Schools
Chicago reports the Soviet Information Bureau bulletin labeled Soviet Propaganda, published by the Soviet embassy in Washington, flooding public schools and some colleges with images of idealized Russia. Officials say districts banned the magazine from libraries and racks, some asked for removal from mailing lists, while a few placed it with warnings to readers.
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Chicago
Washington
Russia
Dassy
New York City
Paycheck tax hike to hit 35,000,000 workers in January
Washington reports Social Security tax rates will rise on January 1 affecting 35 million workers and their employers. The change comes as Congress did not pass the usual tax-freeze bill, with rates set to increase gradually over 14 years. Examples show weekly deductions and yearly totals rising under the new rules.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
I . Reder
John Doe
Dee
Richard
Bee
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Dinois
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D. Diinois
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